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This is a list of various references available on mathematics at the Engineering & Sciences Library.

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Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, Handbooks

Subject-specific encyclopedias will provide an overview of your selected topic. Many encyclopedia articles will have footnotes that will lead you to additional sources. Dictionaries are also helpful while performing research on a particular topic. Dictionaries will aid in deciphering the language of the field. Mathematics handbooks are also useful tools in mathematics research. Handbooks provide a way to locate formulae and data.

Below are titles of math specific encyclopedias, dictionaries, and handbooks that are held by the Engineering & Science Library.

Encyclopedias

VNR Concise Encyclopedia of Mathematics. New York, NY: Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., 1977, c1975.
ENGR&SCI REFERENCE 510.2 V871

Encyclopedia of Computer Science & Technology. New York : M.Dekker, 1975.
ENGR&SCI Stacks 510.7803 E562

Encyclopaedia of Mathematics. Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, c1987.
ENGR&SCI STACKS 510.3 E562

Encyclopedic Dictionary of Mathematics. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c1977.
ENGR&SCI STACKS 510.3 N69E

Mathematics Dictionary. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, c1992.
ENGR&SCI 510.3 J28A5 1

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Physics and Mathematics. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1978.
ENGR&SCI REFERENCE 530.3 M21

CRC Standard Mathematical Tables and Formulae. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 1996.
ENGR&SCI REFERENCE 510.83 C51A

Handbook of Applied Mathematics for Engineers and Scientists. New York : McGraw-Hill, c1991.
ENGR&SCI REFERENCE 620.001 K96H


Handbook of Mathematical Functions with Formulas, Graphs, and Mathematical Tables. Washington : U.S. Govt.Print.Off.,1972.
ENGR&SCI REFERENCE 510.83 H236

Mathematics Handbook for Science and Engineering. Cambridge, MA : Birkhauser Boston, c1995.
ENGR&SCI REFERENCE 550 G562

Table of Integrals, Series, and Products. Boston : Academic Press, 1994.
ENGR&SCI REFERENCE 510.83 G73TA5 1

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Journal and Conference Articles

Then, to obtain an article that you have found indexed:

• For conferences: Check Carnegie Mellon's online catalog, Cameo for the particular conference proceeding you are looking for. When doing this, be sure to use distinctive keywords found with in the proceedings title. For example, to find Proceedings of the International Conference on Set Theoretic Algebra, search using the keywords "set theoretic algebra."

• InterLibrary Loan: If Carnegie Mellon does not own the journal or conference proceeding, you may request a copy of the article that you need from InterLibrary Loan.

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Databases and Indexes

• Sciences, Math, and Medicine This list provides a more general overview of databases in mathematics and other related scientific topics.

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Internet and Web Resources

Carnegie Mellon University Libraries also provides an online Tutorial for Evaluating Info on the Web. This will aid you in determining if the information you find through Internet sources is reliable.

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Books

Remember that searching online catalogs such as Cameo is different than searching in indexes and databases. To get better results, it may be necessary to search under a broader keywords than your specific topic. When you enter a keyword in Cameo to look for books your search is executed on basic pieces of information like author, title, editor, publisher, date, subject headings. The subject headings assigned in catalog records for books are often much broader than your topic.

The Engineering & Science Library uses the Dewey Decimal Classification system. These are the Dewey classification numbers for math and some related subjects: